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Minnesota vs. St. Cloud State Saturday Night Line Combinations

The Gophers are making a couple lineup changes from last night's 2-1 win over St. Cloud State. Minnesota head coach Don Lucia is bringing in Joe Miller and Christian Isackson in place of Tom Serratore and Travis Boyd. I'm not surprised to see Boyd out because he played poorly Friday but Serratore had his moments. Everything else remains the same, with Kent Patterson making his 50th straight start in net for the Gophers

St. Cloud State, on the other hand, is making wholesale changes throughout their lineup after Travis Novak was injured last night. He's out and the Huskies are left with only ten healthy forwards. Two defensemen, Sam Zabkowicz and Brandon Burrell, are on the SCSU fourth forward line tonight instead.

As Bob Motzko said last night, Ryan Faragher gets the start for St. Cloud State after Mike Lee made 24 saves in a losing effort Friday.

Minnesota Golden Gophers Line Combinations

Forwards:

Kyle Rau - Nick Bjugstad - Zach Budish

Sam Warning - Erik Haula - Jake Hansen

Nate Condon - Taylor Matson - Seth Ambroz

Joe Miller - Christian Isackson - Nico Sacchetti

Defense:

Seth Helgeson - Justin Holl

Ben Marshall - Mark Alt

Jake Parenteau - Nate Schmidt

Goalies (bold indicates starting):

Kent Patterson

Michael Shibrowski


St. Cloud State Huskies Line Combinations

Forwards

Nick Oliver - Ben Hanowski - Jared Festler

Cory Thorson - Nic Dowd - Dave Eddy

Garrett Milan - Joe Rehkamp - Joey Holka

Sam Zabkowicz - Brandon Burrell - Brooks Bertsch

Defense:

Andrew Prochno - Nick Jensen

Kevin Gravel - Tim Daly

Taylor Johnson - Jarrod Rabey

Goalie:

Ryan Faragher

Mike Lee

Tonight's game starts at 7:00 PM and is being televised on Fox Sports North. You can follow me on Twitter for in-game hockey updates @gopherstate and follow @sbnminnesota for the best in Minnesota sports.

Photographs by Micah Taylor, clairity, and Fibonacci Blue used in background montage under Creative Commons. Thank you.